New York

By capq
  • 1524

    the first European visitor Giovanni da Verrazzano

    Giovanni da Verrazzano

  • Henry Hudson, sailed up the Hudson River

  • the Dutch founded the first permanent trading post

  • the first governor bought the island of Manhattan from the Native Americans.

  • Period: to

    the main industry in New York was milling

  • The first shipyard opened

  • The first newspaper the New York Gazette

  • The first theater in New York

  • Washington took his presidential oath at Federal Hall.

  • cholera struck New York

  • Fire destroyed much of the old district of New York

  • Harlem was connected to New York by railway

  • cholera struck New York

  • cholera struck New York

  • Brooklyn Bridge opened

  • New York City was struck by a terrible blizzard

  • Period: to

    Many museums opened

  • The Flat Iron Building was built

  • New York Public Library opened

  • Empire State Building was erected

  • Period: to

    The Rockefeller Center was built

  • Period: to

    Large numbers of Asians migrated to the city

  • World Trade Center was destroyed in a terrorist attack